UMA and Augusta Downtown Alliance Team up for February 16^th Art Walk

 

On Thursday, February 16^th, from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, the University of Maine at Augusta and the Augusta Downtown Alliance will be co-sponsoring, Light on Water - A Mid-Winter Art Walk. 

 

The Art Walk, which will take place along Augusta's Water Street, will feature art and music at 15 downtown area businesses and UMA's Gannett Building Gallery. There will also be a dramatic art and slide projection on the outside wall of 320 Water Street.

 

Artists interested in showcasing their work at one of the Art Walk's 15 business locations or as part of the outside projection display have a January 20^th deadline for submitting their work.

 

Submissions, which should celebrate light in conjunction with the Art Walk's Light on Water theme, can take the form of traditional media such as sculpture, painting, printmaking, photography, video or still projection.  Instructions for artist submissions can be found at the bottom of this release.

 

Musician's interested in performing at one of the 15 venues should contact UMA's Rob Sherman at robert.sherman@maine.edu.

 

For all other information about the Light on Water Art Walk, email Jesse Patkus at jessepatkus@gmail.com.

 

 

Instructions for Artist Submissions:

 

Deadline is January 20, 2012.

 

In subject line, please write "Proposal Light on Water" and your name.

 

Parameters for traditional physical work:  Please submit jpegs of work to Jesse Patkus at jessepatkus@gmail.com. Indicate the size and medium and keep image size to 500 KB per image. Visual Art Coordinator Cynthia Simmons will be coordinating the logistics of the Art Walk and will match you with a venue.

 

Parameters for projections: For video, please submit a DVD with a .mov files (there is a 4 minute max time limit per project).  Please include your name and a short description (less than 100 words) of each work. For still images submit a CD of up to 20 jpegs. Each jpeg will be viewed for 4 seconds in a loop and will reappear many times during in the evening. The artist's name will appear as a title before the slideshow. Mail to Susan Bickford, University of Maine at Augusta, 46 University Drive, Augusta Maine 04430. For more information about the wall projection, email Susan Bickford at sbickford@tidewater.net.